~*~ Epilogue ~*~
Pacey whistled loudly. The room was instantly quiet, and all eyes were on him and Joey.
"Thanks. We'd just like to say thank you to everyone for coming today." Joey smiled.
"And a thank you to my gorgeous wife Joey for staying with me." Pacey paused. "How you managed to put up with me for, what is it, 31 years, I'll never know!"
"Well, it hasn't been easy, that's for sure!" Joey joked.
Pacey feigned shock. "Well, I think that's it!" He returned to normal. "So, again, thank you all for coming - parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchild, friends, offspring of friends-"
"Ok, you can stop now!" Joey said.
"Ok. Anyway, thank you for coming. It really means a lot to us." Pacey sat down, and Joey quickly stood up again.
"Wait! There's one more thing." She reached behind her chair and handed Pacey a gift.
"Jo! You shouldn't have done that!"
Joey smiled. "I know, but I wanted to."
Pacey grinned. "Well thank you." He ripped off the paper, and just stared at the contents with a half-smile on his face.
Joey laid a hand on his shoulder. "Pacey?"
He looked up at her.
"Is it ok?"
He grinned. "It's perfect." He held it up for everyone to see. Joey had painted their family portrait - Pacey, herself, their four children Katie, Joshua, Amy and Nathan, and Katie's daughter Josie, short for Josephine - and Pacey and herself when they started dating.
Pacey smiled and gently placed the painting on the table. "I have something for you as well." He also reached behind him, and handed Joey a small box.
Joey opened it and gasped. "Pacey, they're... gorgeous!" Pacey had given her a matching ring and necklace, both gold with a diamond heart.
"But wait, there's more!" He handed her another, slightly smaller, box, containing matching earrings. "Pacey, they're gorgeous!" Joey threw her arms around him and kissed him.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"That was fun." Joey said, sitting next to Pacey on the couch.
"Yeah it was, wasn't it." He replied putting his arm around her, allowing her to snuggle closer.
Joey noticed him staring at her painting, a small smile and faraway look on his face. "What are you thinking about?"
He smiled fully. "When all our kids were born... god, it seems like yesterday... Katie, Josh, Amy, Nathan..." the faraway look returned to his face.
Joey thought back as well, her four children named Katie Ann, Joshua Pacey, Amy Josephine, and Nathan James. Josh had actually been conceived on their first anniversary. Joey remembered that she and Pacey had been so happy, they hadn't actually been trying but the had wanted another child. The same happened with Amy and Nathan. Of course, they were all grown up now, in their 20's, and Katie even had a daughter of her own, named Josephine Katie - Josephine after Joey and Katie at Katie's husband Paul's demand. They had recently discovered that Katie was pregnant again, with a boy to be named Pacey Paul.
Joey came out of her thoughts. "Why dobn't we go out?"
Pacey grinned. "Yeah. Yeah, why not."
Joey and Pacey left to celebrate their 25th anniversary again, this time by themselves.
THE END
Pacey whistled loudly. The room was instantly quiet, and all eyes were on him and Joey.
"Thanks. We'd just like to say thank you to everyone for coming today." Joey smiled.
"And a thank you to my gorgeous wife Joey for staying with me." Pacey paused. "How you managed to put up with me for, what is it, 31 years, I'll never know!"
"Well, it hasn't been easy, that's for sure!" Joey joked.
Pacey feigned shock. "Well, I think that's it!" He returned to normal. "So, again, thank you all for coming - parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchild, friends, offspring of friends-"
"Ok, you can stop now!" Joey said.
"Ok. Anyway, thank you for coming. It really means a lot to us." Pacey sat down, and Joey quickly stood up again.
"Wait! There's one more thing." She reached behind her chair and handed Pacey a gift.
"Jo! You shouldn't have done that!"
Joey smiled. "I know, but I wanted to."
Pacey grinned. "Well thank you." He ripped off the paper, and just stared at the contents with a half-smile on his face.
Joey laid a hand on his shoulder. "Pacey?"
He looked up at her.
"Is it ok?"
He grinned. "It's perfect." He held it up for everyone to see. Joey had painted their family portrait - Pacey, herself, their four children Katie, Joshua, Amy and Nathan, and Katie's daughter Josie, short for Josephine - and Pacey and herself when they started dating.
Pacey smiled and gently placed the painting on the table. "I have something for you as well." He also reached behind him, and handed Joey a small box.
Joey opened it and gasped. "Pacey, they're... gorgeous!" Pacey had given her a matching ring and necklace, both gold with a diamond heart.
"But wait, there's more!" He handed her another, slightly smaller, box, containing matching earrings. "Pacey, they're gorgeous!" Joey threw her arms around him and kissed him.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"That was fun." Joey said, sitting next to Pacey on the couch.
"Yeah it was, wasn't it." He replied putting his arm around her, allowing her to snuggle closer.
Joey noticed him staring at her painting, a small smile and faraway look on his face. "What are you thinking about?"
He smiled fully. "When all our kids were born... god, it seems like yesterday... Katie, Josh, Amy, Nathan..." the faraway look returned to his face.
Joey thought back as well, her four children named Katie Ann, Joshua Pacey, Amy Josephine, and Nathan James. Josh had actually been conceived on their first anniversary. Joey remembered that she and Pacey had been so happy, they hadn't actually been trying but the had wanted another child. The same happened with Amy and Nathan. Of course, they were all grown up now, in their 20's, and Katie even had a daughter of her own, named Josephine Katie - Josephine after Joey and Katie at Katie's husband Paul's demand. They had recently discovered that Katie was pregnant again, with a boy to be named Pacey Paul.
Joey came out of her thoughts. "Why dobn't we go out?"
Pacey grinned. "Yeah. Yeah, why not."
Joey and Pacey left to celebrate their 25th anniversary again, this time by themselves.
THE END